Readers call for a scribbler’s medal

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August having come upon us we might, in a normal year, be resigning ourselves
to a slimmish newspaper full of summer offerings about heatstroke and
hosepipe bans, giant tomatoes that look like Winston Churchill, tortoises
being given the kiss of life (oh no, we did that) and Test match
humiliations (oh, we did that too), along with all the rest of the silly
season staples.

But this is 2012, if I can say so without a McDonald’s logo round my neck, and
instead we have a huge newspaper full of superlative photography, brilliant
writing and fabulous, heartwarming human drama. What